What baffles me is how this punishment gets handed out just 24 hours before free agency starts. That just couldn't happen without deliberate malicious and vindictive intent on the part of the league office. Oh wait, I'm not baffled anymore.

The contracts were obviously so clever that the league didn't spot what was going on at the time?

And it was all so obvious that the press have been talking about it for weeks, surely?

Maybe I don't read as much as I should, but this has just come totally out of the blue to me.

Schefter is reporting the Cowboys lose 10 Million while our team will lose 36 million!!!!! Geez Louise!!!!!!!!!!!

The only good news is that in can be split over 2012 and 2013. So that does leave us with some options. I am sure 1Niksider can bring more to the table then I could but Ill give it a go.

We had 40 million in cap space. If we split the penalty of 36 we now have 40 minus 18 which gives us 22 million this year to spend if we choose. Since this years class of free agents is full of guards and a couple of receivers we could still land our free agents we want. We could still actually push the penalty and take the brunt of the punishment next year if we choose to do so. While giving us freedom next year to dump unneeded players and salaries.

I am now glad the Redskins gave up two first round draft choices. They couldn't afford to pay those would be players the money now anyway.

Snyder and the team has to sue each and every other team and the NFL in federal court for Racketeering. If I was Dan Snyder I would cut every player on the team right now and forfeit the season. I wonder how the NFL Owners and Management would like the loss of all the TV contract money?

"A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. The latter definition derives from the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations Act (RICO), a set of laws (18 U.S.C.A. § 1961 et seq. [1970]) specifically designed to punish racketeering by business enterprises."

The NFL stole $36 million from the Redskins. The NFL is Guilty.

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